Friday, May 11, 2007
Canton (Ohio) Repository
Editorials
A protest against the size of National Football League pensions would be an unfair imposition on the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival and the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony. We urge the National Football League, the NFL Players Association and retired players to work on the issue that has embittered players from the NFL's past. Do so in a way that does not impose on the events planned for Canton in August.
The people of this community work too hard to make this a trademark event for Canton and Stark County, and work too hard to make the league and the Hall of Famers feel at home when they are here.
There is a huge gap between the thousands of dollars that NFL players earned in the 1960s and the millions they earn today. One would think that in such a rich enterprise, a Hall of Famer such as Herb Adderley would deserve a pension larger than the $126.85 per month that he claims. The players from 40-or-so years ago must wish that they were part of the economy of the sport in the 21st century.
They are not. Yet they are the men who helped get the league to where it is today. It is up to the retirees, the League and the players' union to arrive at a level of fairness on the issue of pensions.
As fairness goes, however, this is not Canton's problem.
Canton (Ohio) Repository
Editorials
A protest against the size of National Football League pensions would be an unfair imposition on the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival and the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony. We urge the National Football League, the NFL Players Association and retired players to work on the issue that has embittered players from the NFL's past. Do so in a way that does not impose on the events planned for Canton in August.
The people of this community work too hard to make this a trademark event for Canton and Stark County, and work too hard to make the league and the Hall of Famers feel at home when they are here.
There is a huge gap between the thousands of dollars that NFL players earned in the 1960s and the millions they earn today. One would think that in such a rich enterprise, a Hall of Famer such as Herb Adderley would deserve a pension larger than the $126.85 per month that he claims. The players from 40-or-so years ago must wish that they were part of the economy of the sport in the 21st century.
They are not. Yet they are the men who helped get the league to where it is today. It is up to the retirees, the League and the players' union to arrive at a level of fairness on the issue of pensions.
As fairness goes, however, this is not Canton's problem.
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